Good point about "Strings..." Kent. To wit - the first time I heard Jaguar I didn't know much about Rolando, didn't know it was his track, and hastily labeled it progressive trance. Hahaha.
On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:55 PM, kent williams<chaircrus...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the Beatportal list reflects an idea of techno as strictly > having the 4 to the floor beat. A lot of the early tracks had more of > an Electro beat. > > I have a friend in Seattle who was an old school raver, was (and is) a > good techno producer, and he'd didn't know "Strings Of Life" and > dismissed it as a big room hands in the air house anthem. > > You can't assume everyone agrees about even what techno is, at this > point. And while Detroit techno fans think of their definition is the > one true techno, you will have a hard time convincing people that it > is, in fact, the "real" techno. > > > On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Lori Draper<girly...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Agreed, No UFOs or at least Cybotron's Techno City should be on this. WTF. >> >> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:42 PM, David Powers<cybo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> While debatable, the list was better than I expected. 25% Detroit is >>> pretty good considering it's only one city in the world. >>> >>> If I was doing the list I would put in "No UFO's" or "Cosmic Cars" and >>> something by Derrick May. >>> >>> ~DP >>> >>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Frank Glazer <cpe1704...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> I think we can all agree that the inclusion of several Hawtin or at >>>> least Hawtin related (lots of Probe on there!) tracks at the exclusion >>>> of anything by any of the Belleville Three is laughable at best, >>>> disgusting at worst. Though kudos to UR's inclusion on the list. My >>>> top 20 to follow. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 8, 2009 at 2:11 PM, kent williams<chaircrus...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>>> http://www.beatportal.com/feed/item/20-tracks-every-techno-fan-should-know/ >>>>> >>>>> Let the beatport hating begin ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Any list like this is subjective, of course. But while Detroit is >>>>> represented on this list, it sure tilts towards the european idea of >>>>> what comprises techno. Not to put too fine a point on it, it's a lot >>>>> whiter that I'd go, and includes some tracks that I think are >>>>> reductive and boring. *cough* Swedish *cough* >>>>> >>>>> I'm sure a lot of you can come up with your own '20 _real_ techno tracks' >>>>> list. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> peace, >>>> >>>> frank >>>> >>>> dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com >>>> >>> >> > -- peace, frank dj mix archive: http://www.deejaycountzero.com
